William teal



*WiLLLjIAM Yinfiel-1 0F ROCHA-ESTE Rf NEW WRI .Letters Patem- N 105,997,dated August 2, 18i0.`

` 5 IMPRQVEMENT n; membre-MACHINE.'

Thesi'leilleireferred to in these Letters Patent and melting partei`lthe same To all whom 'itfmwy concern; i i

Be it known thatI'," WILLIAMTEAL, ofthe city of l Rochester, intliecountyof Monroean'l State of' nN ew York, have inventeda'certain newand' useful Improve ment 1n rood-Planters andiMatchers, I'of' which thefollowing is av specification.

Nature cf theI'n/ventioiz. Y, This invention consists` in a method ofproducing therupward adjustmentof the cutter and the. `feedrollers-byone action, as' hereinafter described. l

l llvvemn'z'zl Description.- In the drawing-f` l `Figure 1 is anelevation, `showing my improvement applied to the cutter and thefeed-rollers of a'planing" machine. i

Figure 2, a planof the'same.

Figure 3, ali-elevation of one of the cutter-bearings *cutter byoneaction, as I am aware such s` not new.

and the bar Awhich constitutes my improvement;

A representsV the cutter-head, and

. B B C 0, the feedrollers, 'connected with theplanl ing-bed D `in theusual manner.

E E are' the bearings ofi-the cutter-head.v

i hese bearings stand4 inan inclined direction,` and' rest ,in guides orways ,a avon -the sidesotlthe -ma- `On the inside ofv each bearing isbolted, or otherwise 4rmly attached, a cross-bar, G, the extremities ofwbichiexlend "outward and rest loosely under. `the boxes b b of theupper feed-rollers, thereby adiusting saidmllers upwardsimultaneouslyuand by the same. l actiouwith the 'cutter-head, i

This feature of thel cross-bar, combined with the cutter-bearing,constitutes' my invention.

Lain aware tbat the feedrollers and the cutter have before beensimultaneously adjusted 'in planingmachines, but by a diieren'tarrangement fromy mine'.

The advantages of miueare its extreme simplicity of construction and'ease of adjustment, being adapted to feed-rollers situated widely-apart.l

Another important'featnre isthat, while the connection ofthe'barswiththe cutter-.bearings is rigid, their connection with' thcroller-bearing or boxes b is loose or independent, so that the latterhave the freedem to -rise and fall with the variation in the thicknessof the stui' being dressed, `independent of the bars that rest underthem.

By this4 means the cutter-head will in nowise'be.

,affected by the Vrise and fallof. the rollers, and consequently itsaction will beuniform and regulars I disclaimv the adjustment of thefeed-rollers and What I claimfas my invention, and desire to. secureVThe cross-bars G, combined rigidly with the bear by Letters Patent,is.-

,ings 4Einf' the eutter,1an"f 1jresting loosely under the boxes of tbefeed-rollers, thereby allowing th'em a free action, as shown anddescribed, and for `the purpose specified.

`In witness whereof `I have hereunto signed my name in the presenceoft-,two subscribing witnesses.

WILLiAM TEAL.-

Witnesses:

R. F. 0sGooD, GEO. W. MIATT. p

